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Lison Joseph

@lisonjoseph.bsky.social
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Health and science journalist. An editor at STAT (@statnews.bsky.social) dealing mostly with technology in health care/medicine/life sciences

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Lison Joseph @lisonjoseph.bsky.social · 2h
New from @rosebroderick.bsky.social As CDC redesigns annual health survey, it removes questions about disabilities www.statnews.com/2026/10/01/c... via @statnews.com
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As CDC redesigns annual health survey, it removes questions about disabilities
Proposed changes to the federal government’s health survey would undercount Americans with disabilities, advocates say.
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Helen Branswell 🇨🇦 @helenbranswell.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The list of people seeking to be the next #WHO director-general has grown to 6 with Botswana's nomination of Armenian oncologist Gevorg Tamamyan. I wrote about the other 5 & the selection process here, before this nomination was made public. www.statnews.com/2026/09/25/w... & x.com/GevTamamyan/...
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Gevorg Tamamyan (@GevTamamyan) on X
I am honored to announce my candidacy for Director-General of the World Health Organization, nominated by the Republic of Botswana. I am deeply grateful to President ​Advocate Duma Gideon Boko and th...
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Daniel Payne @danielpayne.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
How the health industry is positioning itself for a post-midterms Washington, from tough questions on secret deals to the future of Medicaid funding: www.statnews.com/2026/09/29/h...
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Drug pricing, Medicaid, and research funding: The key policy issues at stake in the midterms
Big shifts in health care policy could emerge depending on who wins the midterms, affecting hospitals and pharma companies.
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STAT @statnews.com · 28/09/2026
Blockbuster GLP-1 drugs have transformed the lives of millions of people. Lately, they’re undergoing a makeover of their own. www.statnews.com/2026/09/28/glp1-ma…
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Once described as obesity medicines for 'patients,' GLP-1s are increasingly lifestyle drugs for 'customers'
Blockbuster GLP-1 drugs have transformed the lives of millions of people. Lately, they’re undergoing a makeover of their own.
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Lison Joseph @lisonjoseph.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The last ‘breakthrough’ devices to get special treatment from Medicare www.statnews.com/2026/09/29/f... via @statnews.com
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The last ‘breakthrough’ devices to get special treatment from Medicare
New medical devices deemed "breakthrough" by the FDA are no longer automatically eligible for extra Medicare payments.
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Lison Joseph @lisonjoseph.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
The head of Kennedy's new autism project has roots in Iraq War, Sesame Street www.statnews.com/2026/09/25/r... via @statnews.com
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The head of Kennedy's new autism project has roots in Iraq War, Sesame Street
Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health is planning a total-lifespan research project on autism: A Q&A with its leader, Russell Shilling.
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Lison Joseph @lisonjoseph.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
In radiology, AI is blurring the line between technology development and clinical practice www.statnews.com/2026/09/24/r... via @statnews.com
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In radiology, AI is blurring the line between technology development and clinical practice
A new wave of radiology practices are aggressively embracing AI: developing and deploying it in-house, and marketing themselves as 'AI-native.'
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Brittany Trang @brittanytrang.com · 16/09/2026
Exciting news: You can now sign up for AI Prognosis, even if you’re not a STAT+ subscriber! Non-subscribers will receive a truncated version of the newsletter, but will still get health and biotech AI news you can use in your inbox every Wednesday. Sign up here: 🖥️🩺
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Sign up for AI Prognosis — a STAT+ newsletter from Brittany Trang
Brittany Trang's subscriber-exclusive weekly newsletter unpacks the intersection of AI, health, and medicine.
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Lison Joseph @lisonjoseph.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Medicare to expand its pilot that pays for technology to manage chronic diseases www.statnews.com/2026/09/15/m... via @statnews.com
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Medicare to expand its pilot that pays for technology to manage chronic diseases
A recently-launched Medicare experiment that pays for technology to help people manage chronic conditions is expanding.
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Lison Joseph @lisonjoseph.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Medicare's AI prior authorization pilot was rushed and full of problems, new documents reveal www.statnews.com/2026/09/15/m... via @statnews.com
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Medicare's AI prior authorization pilot was rushed and full of problems, new documents reveal
The rushed launch of a Medicare pilot to use AI for prior authorization led to delayed care in some instances, new documents reveal.
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J. Emory Parker 🏳️‍🌈 @jaspar.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Interesting opinion piece from two neurologists on Fetterman, his stroke, and brain health and politics generally. www.statnews.com/2026/09/10/j...
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John Fetterman’s post-stroke, politically problematic behaviors offer lessons about brain health on Capitol Hill
“Nothing in the recent reporting about John Fetterman is medically surprising,” write Michael P.H. Stanley and Isaiah Kletenik.
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STAT @statnews.com · 11/09/2026
“For thousands of families, the Sept. 11 attack did not end when the fires were extinguished. It simply changed form,” writes Raja Flores. www.statnews.com/2026/09/11/s...
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I’m a thoracic surgeon in New York City. For many of my patients, Sept. 11 is still not over
“For thousands of families, the Sept. 11 attack did not end when the fires were extinguished. It simply changed form,” writes Raja Flores.
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Lison Joseph @lisonjoseph.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
FDA pilot offers generative AI medical devices a path to patients before they are authorized www.statnews.com/2026/09/03/t... via @statnews.com
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FDA pilot offers generative AI medical devices a path to patients before they are authorized
AI products from Cadence and Limbic are among four devices recently accepted into the FDA’s TEMPO pilot that will allow digital health companies to release products without marketing authorization.
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Jonathan Wosen @jonathanwosen.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
A @statnews.com exclusive from me: Marc Tessier-Lavigne, who resigned as Stanford president in 2023 after a misconduct investigation, has posted more than 3,000 words and released emails to refute claims he published fraudulent results and orchestrated a cover-up. www.statnews.com/2026/08/27/m...
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Former Stanford president releases emails to rebut fraud and cover-up allegations in new book
Marc Tessier-Lavigne released new details from his research and travel in an attempt to refute allegations in a new book that he published fraudulent results.
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Lison Joseph @lisonjoseph.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
AI is good at catching drug theft at hospitals, but only when humans do their part Story from Alexandra Byrne www.statnews.com/2026/08/25/a... via @statnews.com
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AI is good at catching drug theft at hospitals, but only when humans do their part
New AI technology can help hospitals prevent controlled substances from being stolen, or abused by staff, but those tools aren't foolproof.
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Lison Joseph @lisonjoseph.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Last week, FDA released a discussion paper that sketches out a framework for evaluating gen AI-enabled devices — the approach is inspired by how doctors are evaluated and credentialed. www.statnews.com/2026/08/24/f... via @statnews.com
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FDA digital health leader promises generative AI regulatory guidance is coming
FDA expects to issue guidance on policies regarding generative AI devices, according to Rick Abramson, the agency’s head of digital health policy.
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Lison Joseph @lisonjoseph.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Reduce protein to increase longevity? Nutrition experts say that’s a bad idea New from @laurenchanscience.bsky.social www.statnews.com/2026/08/20/r... via @statnews.com
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Reduce protein to increase longevity? Nutrition experts say that’s a bad idea
Reducing protein intake could increase human longevity, researchers recently suggested. That's a bad idea, for several reasons, experts say.
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Isabella Cueto @isabellacueto.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Exclusive: The American Cancer Society has cancelled its alcohol industry fundraiser, a luxe gala in NYC which was scheduled for the fall. The event came under scrutiny earlier this summer after STAT reported the details of it for the first time. www.statnews.com/2026/08/19/c...
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American Cancer Society cancels alcohol industry fundraiser
The American Cancer Society had an optics problem: its annual Wine and Spirits Industry's Gala. It decided to do something about it.
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STAT @statnews.com · 19/08/2026
Immunologist Liz Marnik, who grew up unvaccinated, says shaming people who distrust science will do nothing to improve vaccine acceptance. www.statnews.com/2026/08/19/s...
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She grew up unvaccinated. Now she’s a leading voice for science — and empathy
Immunologist Liz Marnik, who grew up unvaccinated, says shaming people who distrust science will do nothing to improve vaccine acceptance.
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Lison Joseph @lisonjoseph.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
How health systems are embracing chatbots to query and summarize patient records www.statnews.com/2026/08/20/h... via @statnews.com
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How health systems are embracing chatbots to query and summarize patient records
Several large health systems are rolling out AI chatbots to query patient records, because they can save time and increase diagnostic accuracy.
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STAT @statnews.com · 18/08/2026
Doritos in the classic nacho cheese flavor have 27 ingredients, including not just familiar ones but also a number of additives and preservatives. www.statnews.com/2026/08/18/f...
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Doritos as farm-to-table snacks? Big Food, under duress, gets creative
Doritos in the classic nacho cheese flavor have 27 ingredients, including not just familiar ones but also a number of additives and preservatives.
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STAT @statnews.com · 18/08/2026
Colorado biotech Enveda reports preliminary results on a drug to help people maintain weight loss after GLP-1 use. Just don't call it exercise in a pill. www.statnews.com/2026/08/18/e...
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A pill that mimics exercise? Early results on drug designed to maintain both weight loss and muscle mass
Colorado biotech Enveda reports preliminary results on a drug to help people maintain weight loss after GLP-1 use. Just don't call it exercise in a pill.
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Jason Ukman @jasonukman.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
New: Washington claims of success in lowering drug prices are familiar, including in the previous administration. So, too, are oversimplified narratives. The latest read from @statnews.com. www.statnews.com/2026/08/18/w...
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The White House declares 'promises made, promises kept' on lowering drug prices. Nice try
In its effort to lower drug prices, the White House has declared "promises made, promises kept." That's a narrative that doesn't reflect the full story.
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Lison Joseph @lisonjoseph.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Prominent AI startup rolls out virtual cell model in race to speed up science www.statnews.com/2026/08/18/d... via @statnews.com
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Prominent AI startup rolls out virtual cell model in race to speed up science
A prominent AI startup has rolled out a virtual cell model, advancing the race to speed up science.
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Brittany Trang @brittanytrang.com · 14/08/2026
Breaking: Three sources confirmed to @statnews.com that the FTC and a group of attorneys general are looking into EHR giant Epic's practices for potential antitrust action. Read more about the context, including the counts that the FTC is probing on, from me and Casey Ross: 🖥️🩺
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Epic’s alleged anti-competitive practices under scrutiny from federal, state investigators
Epic Systems is the subject of a broad inquiry into its business practices, people who were contacted by FTC investigators told STAT.
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Lison Joseph @lisonjoseph.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Epic’s alleged anti-competitive practices under scrutiny from federal, state investigators www.statnews.com/2026/08/14/e... via @statnews.com
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Epic’s alleged anti-competitive practices under scrutiny from federal, state investigators
Epic Systems is the subject of a broad inquiry into its business practices, people who were contacted by FTC investigators told STAT.
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Brittany Trang @brittanytrang.com · 13/08/2026
NEW: A followup to our Commure investigation from yesterday: The company has terminated its programs that pay partners for referring its products. Read more @statnews.com from me and @caseyross.bsky.social: 🩺🖥️
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Commure terminates payments under its customer referral programs tied to AI products
Commure, which develops and sells AI products to clinics, has terminated a program that paid for referrals to new customers.
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STAT @statnews.com · 12/08/2026
"Health care is facing a crucial crossroads as it pertains to the use and adoption of AI," Casey Ross explains.
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Lison Joseph @lisonjoseph.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
New from @caseyross.bsky.social and @brittanytrang.com: Inside a $7 billion Silicon Valley startup’s mad dash to automate the business of health care www.statnews.com/2026/08/12/i... via @statnews.com
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Inside a $7 billion Silicon Valley startup’s mad dash to automate the business of health care
Commure wants to automate health care's administrative tasks with AI. An inside look at the messy realities of the startup's ambitious quest.
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Lison Joseph @lisonjoseph.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Skylark Bio kicks off new gene therapy trial for deafness www.statnews.com/2026/08/11/s... via @statnews.com
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Skylark Bio kicks off new gene therapy trial for deafness
Biotech startups in the U.S., France, and China are racing to bring new gene therapies for deafness by targeting different genetic mutations.
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Lison Joseph @lisonjoseph.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Nurses seek a seat at the table as they fight expanding clinical AI www.statnews.com/2026/08/11/n... via @statnews.com
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Nurses seek a seat at the table as they fight expanding clinical AI
Nurses, who make up the largest part of the health care workforce, say clinical artificial intelligence poses a threat to their jobs, and patients.
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Lison Joseph @lisonjoseph.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Federal regulators invite industry, researchers, and lobbyists to closed-door meetings on clinical AI www.statnews.com/2026/08/05/f... via @statnews.com
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Federal regulators invite industry, researchers, and lobbyists to closed-door meetings on clinical AI
Federal health officials invited tech companies and  lobbyists to closed-door meetings as they seek to boost adoption of clinical AI.
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Lison Joseph @lisonjoseph.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Could poop pills be the next treatment for food allergies? www.statnews.com/2026/08/05/f... via @statnews.com
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Could poop pills be the next treatment for food allergies?
Some participants in a small trial showed improved tolerance to peanuts after fecal microbiome transplant.
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Lison Joseph @lisonjoseph.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Medicare eliminates key pathways used by 'breakthrough' medical devices for extra payments www.statnews.com/2026/08/03/c... via @statnews.com
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Medicare eliminates key pathways used by 'breakthrough' devices for extra payments
Medicare is removing flexibilities that have allowed "breakthrough" medical devices to leapfrog qualifications for extra payments.
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Lison Joseph @lisonjoseph.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Are AI scribes useful tools in medical education, or a crutch that imperils learning? www.statnews.com/2026/08/03/a... via @statnews.com
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Are AI scribes useful tools in medical education, or a crutch that imperils learning?
Educators want future physicians to be fluent in AI scribes, but they worry what off-loading clinical notes to AI could do to learning.
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Lison Joseph @lisonjoseph.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Hims misled consumers and violated their privacy, FTC alleges in a lawsuit www.statnews.com/2026/07/29/f... via @statnews.com
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Hims misled consumers and violated their privacy, FTC alleges in a lawsuit
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission sued telehealth company Hims & Hers alleging business practices that agency says misled consumers.
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STAT @statnews.com · 29/07/2026
Breaking: At a highly anticipated Senate hearing, Anthony Fauci invoked his Fifth Amendment right to refuse to answer questions about the Covid-19 pandemic and its origins, saying he was doing so on the advice of his attorneys. www.statnews.com/2026/07/29/f...
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Fauci invokes Fifth Amendment in declining to answer questions before Senate panel
At a highly anticipated Senate hearing, Anthony Fauci evoked his Fifth Amendment right to refuse to answer questions about the Covid-19 pandemic and its origins.
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STAT @statnews.com · 29/07/2026
1/ In the last five years, over half a dozen biotech executives have come to the same conclusion: AATD is the perfect gene therapy candidate. So how did a rare liver disorder become the latest biotech gold rush? www.statnews.com/2026/07/28/b...
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From ‘lost cause’ to gold rush: Biotechs swarm to cure AATD
Biotech companies are racing to cure alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency, AATD, fueling patent disputes, startup defections, arbitration, and a U.S.-China rivalry.
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Lison Joseph @lisonjoseph.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
What benchmarks do — and don’t — say about clinical LLMs from OpenEvidence, Doximity, and UpToDate www.statnews.com/2026/07/29/c... via @statnews.com
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Clinical chatbots are taking medicine by storm. Should doctors trust them?
As LLMs compete for doctors' attention, some developers say the science of benchmarking their AI tools for safety and accuracy is flawed.
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Lison Joseph @lisonjoseph.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
In a major policy shift, Medicare proposes to ban vendors from providing remote monitoring services www.statnews.com/2026/07/15/c... via @statnews.com
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In a major policy shift, Medicare proposes to ban vendors from providing remote monitoring services
Medicare is proposing to ban vendors from providing remote patient monitoring services on behalf of doctors.
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Brittany Trang @brittanytrang.com · 14/07/2026
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Lison Joseph @lisonjoseph.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
As states absorb Medicaid funding cuts, family caregivers face financial ruin, reports @rosebroderick.bsky.social www.statnews.com/2026/07/13/f... via @statnews.com
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As states absorb Medicaid funding cuts, family caregivers face financial ruin
Family caregivers of people with disabilities face a grim financial future as several states consider steep cuts to their wages.
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STAT @statnews.com · 06/07/2026
A secret shopper study has pulled back the veil on the practices of nearly 50 telehealth sites that prescribe popular GLP-1 medications for weight loss. www.statnews.com/2026/07/06/g...
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Online GLP-1 prescriptions are often fast, easy — and low on clinical oversight
A new secret-shopper study found that GLP-1 prescriptions from telehealth sites aren't often backed by appropriate clinical care.
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Lison Joseph @lisonjoseph.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Online GLP-1 prescriptions are often fast, easy — and low on clinical oversight www.statnews.com/2026/07/06/g... via @statnews.com
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Online GLP-1 prescriptions are often fast, easy — and low on clinical oversight
A new secret-shopper study found that GLP-1 prescriptions from telehealth sites aren't often backed by appropriate clinical care.
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Lison Joseph @lisonjoseph.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
FDA gives generative AI in radiology two breakthrough designation nods www.statnews.com/2026/06/25/r... via @statnews.com
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FDA gives generative AI in radiology two breakthrough designation nods
FDA has granted breakthrough designation to two devices that use generative AI to interpret chest X-rays and draft the radiology reports.
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Lison Joseph @lisonjoseph.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
AI wades into a vexing medical mystery: What causes sudden cardiac death? New from @caseyross.bsky.social www.statnews.com/2026/06/24/a... via @statnews.com
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AI wades into a vexing medical mystery: What causes sudden cardiac death?
A new study published in Nature uses artificial intelligence to identify people at high risk for sudden cardiac death, and pinpoints a possible reason.
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Lison Joseph @lisonjoseph.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
What an abandoned heart failure trial says about devices that FDA considers 'breakthrough,' but don’t make it past the agency to reach patients, @katiepalmer.bsky.social reports: www.statnews.com/2026/06/24/f... via @statnews.com
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What an abandoned heart failure trial says about 'breakthrough' devices that don’t reach patients
An abandoned heart-failure trial offers a rare window into devices that the FDA deems "breakthrough" but never reach patients.
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Lizzy Lawrence @lizzylawrence.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
EXCLUSIVE: Eli Lilly gave compassionate use access to retatrutide, their unapproved powerful obesity drug, to a 79-year-old man in April. The application was arranged by a top doctor at NIH, and cleared by the FDA. www.statnews.com/2026/06/23/e...
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Eli Lilly gave extraordinary obesity drug access to a 79-year-old patient. Who was it?
Exclusive: STAT has learned that Eli Lilly and the FDA allowed a 79-year-old to gain extraordinary access to an experimental obesity drug through the agency’s “compassionate use” program.
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Lison Joseph @lisonjoseph.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
A sweeping new AI to detect heart conditions is coming to OpenEvidence www.statnews.com/2026/06/23/p... via @statnews.com
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A sweeping new AI to detect heart conditions is coming to OpenEvidence
EchoNext, a new AI tool cleared by the FDA, will let doctors use an EKG to easily screen patients for structural heart diseases.
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Lison Joseph @lisonjoseph.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Cadence raises $100 million to automate chronic disease care with regulated AI www.statnews.com/2026/06/23/c... via @statnews.com
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Cadence raises $100 million to automate chronic disease care with regulated AI
Digital health startup Cadence has raised $100 million at a $1.23 billion valuation to expand its chronic disease management program.
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